Tesla's Key Issues

Truck line launched amid controversies

November 2017

Tesla unveiled its first electric truck on November 16, which advances CEO Elon Musk's goal to accelerate the shift to sustainable transportation. This positive development, however, has been partly overshadowed in the media by two unfavorable topics. The Model 3 sedan that is critical for the company’s future revenue has faced significant production delays that contributed to a stock decline when the problem was announced earlier in November. Also, deflecting attention has been news of lawsuits over alleged racial discrimination at Tesla’s Model 3 production facility in Fremont, CA.

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